Effective 28 Aug 1990

67.789. Lake authority — revenue bonds, form, denominations, terms — options — refunds — negotiability — security — not liability of state — not personal liability. — 1. The authority may issue revenue bonds for the acquisition, construction, erection, development, equipment, furnishing and maintenance of any recreational facility, program or project. All bonds issued by the authority shall be payable solely out of fees and charges incident to the operation and use of such facility, program, or project, sales tax moneys pledged under sections 67.781 to 67.790 for payment of the bonds, or revenues and receipts derived from the leasing or sale by the authority of, or loan by the authority with respect to, the facility, program or project. The bonds may be executed and delivered by the authority at any time and from time to time, may be issued as serial bonds, as term bonds or as a combination thereof, may be issued as current interest bonds, compound interest bonds or zero-coupon bonds, may be in such form and denomination or denominations and of such terms and maturities, may be in fully registered form or in bearer form, registrable either as to principal or interest or both, may bear such conversion privileges, may be payable in such installment or installments and at such time or times not exceeding forty years from the date of the issuance thereof, may be payable at such place or places whether within or without the state of Missouri, may bear interest at such rate or rates per annum either initially or thereafter, as shall be determined by the authority or as shall be determined in any manner approved by the authority in its resolution, including, but not limited to, the delegation thereof to its chairman, vice chairman, executive director or a third party pursuant to a formula set forth therein, notwithstanding the provisions of section 108.170, may be made payable at such time or times and at such place or places, may be evidenced in such manner, may be executed by such officers of the authority, may have attached thereto, in the case of bearer bonds or bonds registrable as to principal only, interest coupons bearing the facsimile signature of the secretary of the authority, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent herewith, all as shall be provided in the resolution or resolutions of the authority whereunder the bonds shall be authorized to be issued or as shall be provided in a trust indenture authorized by the authority. If deemed advisable by the authority, there may be retained in the resolution or the trust indenture under which any bonds of the authority are authorized to be issued an option to call for redemption in advance of maturity all or any part of such bonds as may be specified in the resolution or in the trust indenture, at such price or prices, upon the giving of such notice or notices, and upon such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the resolution or in the trust indenture and as may be recited on the face of the bond, but nothing in this section shall be construed to confer upon the authority the right or option to call for redemption in advance of maturity any bonds except as may be provided in the resolution or in the trust indenture under which they shall be issued. The bonds of the authority may be sold at public or private sale for such price, in such manner, and from time to time as may be determined by the authority notwithstanding the provisions of section 108.170, and the authority may pay all expenses, premiums, and commissions which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance thereof from the proceeds of the bonds.

2. Issuance by the authority of one or more series of bonds for one or more than one purpose shall not preclude it from issuing other bonds in connection with the same facility or project, any other facility or project, or any other purpose hereunder, but the resolution or trust indenture whereunder any subsequent bonds may be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge or mortgage made for any prior issue of bonds. Any issue of bonds of the authority at any time outstanding may be refunded at any time and from time to time by the authority by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the authority may deem necessary, but not exceeding the amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds so to be refunded together with any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums, commissions, service fees, and other expenses necessary to be paid in connection with the refunding. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded then shall have matured or thereafter shall mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof to the payment of the bonds being refunded or by the exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds being refunded with the consent of the holder or holders of the bonds being refunded, regardless of whether or not the bonds being refunded were issued in connection with the same facility or project, or a separate facility or project, or any other purpose hereunder and regardless of whether or not the bonds proposed to be refunded shall be payable on the same date or different dates or shall be due serially or otherwise.

3. All bonds of the authority and the interest thereon are hereby made and shall be construed to be negotiable instruments.

4. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the authority may be secured by a pledge of the revenues, rentals, and receipts out of which the same shall be made payable and may be secured by a trust indenture, mortgage or deed of trust, including assignment of leases or other contract rights of the authority thereunder, covering all or any part of the facilities from which the revenues, rentals, or receipts so pledged may be derived, including any enlargements of and additions to any such facilities thereafter made. The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such trust indenture, mortgage, or deed of trust may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the properties covered thereby, the fixing and collecting of rentals for any portions thereof leased by the authority to others, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues, rentals, or receipts, and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, including the designation of a trustee, all as the authority shall deem advisable and not in conflict with the provisions of this section. Each pledge, agreement, lease, indenture, mortgage and deed of trust made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the authority shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid or provisions for such payment duly made. In the event of a default in the payment or in any agreement of the authority made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the resolution authorizing the bonds or in any trust indenture, mortgage, or deed of trust executed as security therefor, the payment or agreement may be enforced by suit, mandamus, the appointment of a receiver in equity, foreclosure of any mortgage or deed of trust, or any one or more of these remedies.

5. Bonds or notes issued under sections 67.781 to 67.790 shall not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of either county in which the authority is located, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision thereof.

6. No member of the authority or any authorized person executing authority notes or bonds shall be liable personally on said notes or bonds or shall be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

7. The notes and bonds of the authority are securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all political subdivisions and municipalities, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, trust companies, savings associations, savings and loan associations, credit unions, investment companies, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever, who now or may hereafter, be authorized to invest in notes and bonds or other obligations of this state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.

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(L. 1990 S.B. 776)